HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080053170
Bassin · #4080053170
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions : Bayin'gholin Mongol, Hami, Jiuquan
Sub-basin area
2 748,8km²
Upstream area
2 748,8km²
Discharge
0,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 384m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1553.4 km²56.4% of basin
- Hami1178.2 km²42.8% of basin
- 20.8 km²0.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
8,0°C
Annual rain
40mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 137mm
AET
42mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
373cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)